diff --git a/be/.env.example b/be/.env.example
index 7b49625a..83d7c9c8 100644
--- a/be/.env.example
+++ b/be/.env.example
@@ -1,64 +1,22 @@
-APP_NAME=Laravel
-APP_ENV=local
+APP_NAME=open-tbm
+APP_ENV=production
 APP_KEY=
-APP_DEBUG=true
+APP_DEBUG=false
 APP_TIMEZONE=UTC
 APP_URL=http://localhost
 
-APP_LOCALE=en
-APP_FALLBACK_LOCALE=en
-APP_FAKER_LOCALE=en_US
-
-APP_MAINTENANCE_DRIVER=file
-APP_MAINTENANCE_STORE=database
-
-BCRYPT_ROUNDS=12
-
 LOG_CHANNEL=stack
 LOG_STACK=single
 LOG_DEPRECATIONS_CHANNEL=null
 LOG_LEVEL=debug
 
-DB_CONNECTION=sqlite
-# DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
-# DB_PORT=3306
-# DB_DATABASE=laravel
-# DB_USERNAME=root
-# DB_PASSWORD=
-
-SESSION_DRIVER=database
-SESSION_LIFETIME=120
-SESSION_ENCRYPT=false
-SESSION_PATH=/
-SESSION_DOMAIN=null
-
-BROADCAST_CONNECTION=log
-FILESYSTEM_DISK=local
-QUEUE_CONNECTION=database
-
-CACHE_STORE=database
-CACHE_PREFIX=
-
-MEMCACHED_HOST=127.0.0.1
-
-REDIS_CLIENT=phpredis
-REDIS_HOST=127.0.0.1
-REDIS_PASSWORD=null
-REDIS_PORT=6379
-
-MAIL_MAILER=log
-MAIL_HOST=127.0.0.1
-MAIL_PORT=2525
-MAIL_USERNAME=null
-MAIL_PASSWORD=null
-MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
-MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS="hello@example.com"
-MAIL_FROM_NAME="${APP_NAME}"
-
-AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
-AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
-AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1
-AWS_BUCKET=
-AWS_USE_PATH_STYLE_ENDPOINT=false
+DB_CONNECTION=pgsql
+# https://github.com/laravel/framework/issues/3987
+DB_HOST=/var/run/postgresql
+DB_PORT=5432
+DB_SEARCH_PATH=
+DB_DATABASE=
+DB_USERNAME=
+DB_PASSWORD=
 
-VITE_APP_NAME="${APP_NAME}"
+RECAPTCHA_SECRET=
diff --git a/be/app/Exceptions/Handler.php b/be/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
index e6a2ed01..1cdfb319 100644
--- a/be/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
+++ b/be/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
@@ -3,31 +3,9 @@
 namespace App\Exceptions;
 
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Exceptions\Handler as ExceptionHandler;
-use Throwable;
 
 class Handler extends ExceptionHandler
 {
-    /**
-     * The list of the inputs that are never flashed to the session on validation exceptions.
-     *
-     * @var array<int, string>
-     */
-    protected $dontFlash = [
-        'current_password',
-        'password',
-        'password_confirmation',
-    ];
-
-    /**
-     * Register the exception handling callbacks for the application.
-     */
-    public function register(): void
-    {
-        $this->reportable(function (Throwable $e) {
-            //
-        });
-    }
-
     /**
      * Override parent method to replace validate fail redirect with global error info json format
      *
diff --git a/be/bootstrap/app.php b/be/bootstrap/app.php
index 7b162dac..ec232103 100644
--- a/be/bootstrap/app.php
+++ b/be/bootstrap/app.php
@@ -6,13 +6,15 @@
 
 return Application::configure(basePath: dirname(__DIR__))
     ->withRouting(
-        web: __DIR__.'/../routes/web.php',
-        commands: __DIR__.'/../routes/console.php',
+        api: __DIR__.'/../routes/api.php',
         health: '/up',
     )
     ->withMiddleware(function (Middleware $middleware) {
         //
     })
+    ->withSingletons([
+        Illuminate\Contracts\Debug\ExceptionHandler::class => App\Exceptions\Handler::class
+    ])
     ->withExceptions(function (Exceptions $exceptions) {
         //
     })->create();
diff --git a/be/config/database.php b/be/config/database.php
index f8e8dcb8..1e05810d 100644
--- a/be/config/database.php
+++ b/be/config/database.php
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
             'charset' => env('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8'),
             'prefix' => '',
             'prefix_indexes' => true,
-            'search_path' => 'public',
+            'search_path' => env('DB_SEARCH_PATH', 'public'),
             'sslmode' => 'prefer',
         ],
 
diff --git a/be/config/services.php b/be/config/services.php
index 27a36175..0d680dfa 100644
--- a/be/config/services.php
+++ b/be/config/services.php
@@ -35,4 +35,8 @@
         ],
     ],
 
+    'recaptcha' => [
+        'secret' => env('RECAPTCHA_SECRET'),
+    ],
+
 ];
diff --git a/be/routes/api.php b/be/routes/api.php
index 3714b3c5..89234460 100644
--- a/be/routes/api.php
+++ b/be/routes/api.php
@@ -5,17 +5,6 @@
 use App\Http\Middleware\ReCAPTCHACheck;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
 
-/*
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-| API Routes
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|
-| Here is where you can register API routes for your application. These
-| routes are loaded by the RouteServiceProvider and all of them will
-| be assigned to the "api" middleware group. Make something great!
-|
-*/
-
 Route::get('/forums', static fn () => \App\Eloquent\Model\Forum::all()->toJson());
 
 Route::middleware(ReCAPTCHACheck::class)->group(static function () {
diff --git a/be/storage/clockwork/.gitignore b/be/storage/clockwork/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 3fac1bff..00000000
--- a/be/storage/clockwork/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-*.json
-*.json.gz
-index
diff --git a/be/storage/clockwork/index b/be/storage/clockwork/index
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000